O'Keefe v. State

By the Court, STIGLICH, J.:

This case concerns a decision by the Department of Motor Vehicles to terminate a classified employee's employment and a hearing officer's decision to reinstate the employee. At issue is whether the hearing officer applied the correct standard of review. To resolve that issue, we must interpret NRS 284.385(1)(a), which sets forth grounds for an agency to dismiss or demote a classified employee, together with NRS 284.390, which directs a hearing officer to review the agency's disciplinary decision. We hold: Whether the employee violated a law or regulation is reviewed…